Boys won't show double lacing and only the 'browns' are required to be double laced in the females. The Australian standards allow single or double lacing in the silvers. Blues are not in the Standards but are being developed in single and double laced.

Thanks Sue, I wasn't sure, my big boys are all single laced on the chest except for the silver split gold, I can see double lacing on him. I'm trying to get my girls double laced (I really don't want single lacing) but not sure where to go at the moment?? All of my silver girls are single laced and all of the silver/gold girls are double, so I'm guessing the gold lacing is dominant to carry the double? And silver single. So frustrating when I don't know what I'm doing. Do I Try a double laced gold boy over my silver girls? Thanks again

Don't know much (anything) about the genetics of dbl/sgl lacing. My dbl laced are fairly consistant. The blues are single but only have first generation hens from blue roo over dbl laced girls. I've bred them back to a dbl laced roo this year so will be interesting to see the outcome (if any). Also dbl laced hens back to the original blue roo. again. I'm also after dbl laced blues.There's a theory that solid breasted (unlaced) males will produce better laced females (back to the eb V ewh 'battle') and it seems that these are not the only bases in the equation.

Good luck with them. I think I've done the opposite, I've put a silver roo over the dbl gold hen. Then put a roo out of them back over the silver girls (hopefully in the incubator next week), I can't stand this roo he is so nasty I can't go in the pen unless I have a rake in hand and I am so over it. I've also put a silver roo over the silver/gold hens. They will go in the incubator after them. I'll just wait and see now. I look forward to some photos of your guys.

The difference between single and double lacing is the colombian gene. Pg/Pg, Ml/Ml makes double lacing.....add Co/Co and it turns to single lacing. Crossing a single to a double laced will give Pg/Pg, Ml/Ml, Co/co. You need to either cross them together and keep the double laced ones (co/co) or breed them back to a double laced to remove the last dose of Co in half of the offspring. Hope that helps.

Here are some pics of this years breeding pen. The lacing on my Blue Barnevelders is showing some double but still has a long way to go. Legs are a better colour than the pics show and egg colour has greatly improved - progress in several directions. I'm also getting some nice typeOut of 8 hens, 6 or 7 eggs a day. I have hatched chicks from the Dark Laced rooster, eggs from the Blue currently hatching and about to set another batch of Dark Laced.

Here are some of this seasons Dbl Laced girls - some tails still filling out. I'm really happy with leg colour although some is possibly dietary. Some duskiness but the yellow is coming along nicely.Lacing is sharpening up but still struggling with shafting

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